So I joined rx7club in 2005, and finally bought a FD that was wrecked in 2005 lol
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So I joined rx7club in 2005, and finally bought a FD that was wrecked in 2005 lol
So I have been a Toyota person since highschool, during college for some reason that I cannot remember I joined the RX7club forums (most likely because FD's are some of the best looking cars ever made) and had a dream about building a FD. But I just could never afford one, i've built and owned every toyota conceivable since then (aside from a mk4 supra because who has that kind of money) along with basically every other import you can think of x10 but for some reason never owned a RX7, it was the only big 4 car that I never owned. So I was heading to my fiance's Mom's new house through some towns I had never seen before and headed up her road I noticed what I thought was a FD hiding in a car port half way covered with a tarp. Long story short I have no intention of keeping this car because I race motorcycles with WERA now and that is where all my money goes but I also have so much respect for this car I wasn't going to let it rot in the middle of nowhere any longer.
Oddly enough it was wrecked in 2005 the same year I joined these forums, and it has been sitting since. The guy that had it was the 2nd real owner, I think a dealer had it in between the 1st and 2nd owner but only for 6 months. Basically it went from Texas new 1993-2002, then a dealer, then this guy 2002-current (I pulled the carfax). He said he started it and ran the engine for a bit every month for the first 5 years or so and then quit bothering. He said it was in perfect mechanical condition when he wrecked it. I have no idea why he hung on to it this long, or why he just now decided to sell it to someone as he said people asked about it all the time over the years. It was never reported to insurance by the owner though the state police did report the accident as "moderate" damage to carfax but the title is totally clean and clear, they dont show any records of the engine being replaced under warranty or anything else other than the one accident in 2005 and then it just drops off the radar no salvage or anything like that, no true damage amount was ever reported to anyone he just took the loss and stared at the car.
Basically he got it in 2002 with 70k miles and drove it until 2005 got it up to 80188 miles and that was the end of its career on the road. Not sure what to do with the car whether it would be better parted out or sold whole but im not keeping it, just need racing funds and want it to go to someone that will actually do something with it. I'm more or less looking for an idea of what I should ask for the whole thing or should I just part it out?
1993 Black/Tan leather base hardtop FD RX7 manual transmission 80188 miles
Clean clear title from 2002 ready to go
M2 performance carbon fibre intake complete and in good shape (probably will sell separate)
S8 99' wing that is cracked
Car was flipped, roof is dented in pretty bad in the middle but the roof rails and windshield header are fine (meaning it is repairable not crushed in), hatch is fine, passenger door is ok, pretty much everything else is beat up, chassis is def saveable just the left front rail will need a pull.
Other than the stuff above totally stock and totally complete, every single part is there stock wheels and all, nobody was allowed to touch the car.
Oddly enough it was wrecked in 2005 the same year I joined these forums, and it has been sitting since. The guy that had it was the 2nd real owner, I think a dealer had it in between the 1st and 2nd owner but only for 6 months. Basically it went from Texas new 1993-2002, then a dealer, then this guy 2002-current (I pulled the carfax). He said he started it and ran the engine for a bit every month for the first 5 years or so and then quit bothering. He said it was in perfect mechanical condition when he wrecked it. I have no idea why he hung on to it this long, or why he just now decided to sell it to someone as he said people asked about it all the time over the years. It was never reported to insurance by the owner though the state police did report the accident as "moderate" damage to carfax but the title is totally clean and clear, they dont show any records of the engine being replaced under warranty or anything else other than the one accident in 2005 and then it just drops off the radar no salvage or anything like that, no true damage amount was ever reported to anyone he just took the loss and stared at the car.
Basically he got it in 2002 with 70k miles and drove it until 2005 got it up to 80188 miles and that was the end of its career on the road. Not sure what to do with the car whether it would be better parted out or sold whole but im not keeping it, just need racing funds and want it to go to someone that will actually do something with it. I'm more or less looking for an idea of what I should ask for the whole thing or should I just part it out?
1993 Black/Tan leather base hardtop FD RX7 manual transmission 80188 miles
Clean clear title from 2002 ready to go
M2 performance carbon fibre intake complete and in good shape (probably will sell separate)
S8 99' wing that is cracked
Car was flipped, roof is dented in pretty bad in the middle but the roof rails and windshield header are fine (meaning it is repairable not crushed in), hatch is fine, passenger door is ok, pretty much everything else is beat up, chassis is def saveable just the left front rail will need a pull.
Other than the stuff above totally stock and totally complete, every single part is there stock wheels and all, nobody was allowed to touch the car.
